Quotes that hit home

Started by nffc, November 03, 2010, 07:53:28 AM

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littleman

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Pablo Picasso

rcjordan

The first instinct of power is the retention of power. --Antonin Scalia

nffc

"What one programmer can do in one month, 2 programmers can do in two months"

ukgimp

In startup we are leave critical bug in each of release so we can able fix in next release.

https://twitter.com/devops_borat/

ergophobe

Quote from: ukgimp on October 06, 2017, 07:47:52 AM
In startup we are leave critical bug in each of release so we can able fix in next release.

It's an old saw among contractors that you leave one code violation that's easy to fix so the inspector feels he's done his job and doesn't fish too deep.

Rupert

"Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs." -Farrah Gray
... Make sure you live before you die.

ergophobe

QuoteI don't know who discovered water, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a fish
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/12/23/water-fish/

ergophobe

QuoteWhen we'd arranged a date to meet, he'd said he was free at any time on any day—he had no conflicting meetings, only a never-ending pile of solitary work.

Olivia Goldhill writing about arranging a meeting with Oxford philosopher Jeff McMahan
https://qz.com/1102616/an-oxford-philosophers-moral-crisis-can-help-us-learn-to-question-our-instincts/

buckworks

>> no conflicting meetings, only a never-ending pile of solitary work.

That is [almost] the story of my life! :)

littleman

Honestly, that would be my dream job.

creative666

Your dreams wont work unless you do - anonymous

A favourite quote of mine

ukgimp


Brad

Buying quality is like buying oats.  If you want nice, dry, clean oats you have to pay a fair price.  If you want oats that have already been through the horse, that comes cheaper.

littleman

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."
- Dolly Parton

rcjordan

Privileged white males have the luxury of remaining ignorant of subtle social signals; less-privileged groups live and die by them. --David Roberts

<Why small talk is so excruciating -- https://www.vox.com/2015/7/7/8903123/small-talk >